--- title: "Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/small-beer-brew-co-ltd-london-756456 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd (Companies House 10185708, London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 14 August 2019 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 14 August 2019 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: London - Registered address: 70-72 Verney Road, London, United Kingdom, SE16 3DH - Companies House number: 10185708 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10185708) - Website: https://theoriginalsmallbeer.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/small-beer-brew-co.-ltd/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/small-beer-brew-co-ltd-london-756456 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 21 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 15 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Oct 2025. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 4 Nov 2024: Director resigned: SMITH, Alexander David. Director change recorded on 4 Nov 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 Oct 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Oct 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 8 Apr 2024: Director resigned: GARROOD, Duncan. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 23 Jan 2024: Director resigned: ZAMBAKIDES, Zoe Alicia. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Oct 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Oct 2023. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 19 Dec 2022: New director appointed: SMITH, Alexander David. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Nov 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Nov 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Jul 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Jul 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 30 Jun 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Jun 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 14 Jun 2022: Director resigned: HANCOCK, March Oliver. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 14 Jun 2022: Director resigned: FAIRBAIRN, James Clifford. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 5 Apr 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Apr 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 May 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 May 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 May 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 May 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Apr 2021: Secretary resigned: CHAPMAN, Sophie. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Apr 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 Mar 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Mar 2021. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 11 Feb 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Feb 2021. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 10 Feb 2021: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 10 Feb 2021. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 19 Mar 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Mar 2020. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 15 Jan 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Jan 2020. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd ### Is Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd sponsor? Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd based? The register lists Small Beer Brew Co. Ltd at 70-72 Verney Road, London, United Kingdom, SE16 3DH. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 10185708. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/small-beer-brew-co-ltd-london-756456 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/small-beer-brew-co-ltd-london-756456.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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